This book concentrates on texts relating to Africa and African refugee problems. It contains treaties (i. e. legally binding agreements upon states, which have ratified or acceded to the treaty) relating to asylum, refugees and stateless persons; extracts of some of the universal treaties defining human rights; and treaties on jurisdiction and extradition.

This book concentrates on texts relating to Africa and African refugee problems. It contains treaties (i. e. legally binding agreements upon states, which have ratified or acceded to the treaty) relating to asylum, refugees and stateless persons; extracts of some of the universal treaties defining human rights; and treaties on jurisdiction and extradition.

<p>Contents: Introduction / Robin Luckham -- Llewellyn and Hoebel: A Case Study in Inter-Disciplinary Collaboration / William Twining -- Law in Context, the Sociology of Legal Institutions, Litigation in Society / Richard L. Abel -- Land Law and the Transition to Capitalism: The Natural History of a Senegalese Case Study / Francis G. Snyder -- The Ghana Legal Profe...

<p>Contents: Introduction / Robin Luckham -- Llewellyn and Hoebel: A Case Study in Inter-Disciplinary Collaboration / William Twining -- Law in Context, the Sociology of Legal Institutions, Litigation in Society / Richard L. Abel -- Land Law and the Transition to Capitalism: The Natural History of a Senegalese Case Study / Francis G. Snyder -- The Ghana Legal Profe...

The underlying reason for this book is a concern about the social impact of legal professions on "development" and "underdevelopment" and on the capacity of the mass of people in the countries studied (who are poor by any standards) to use law to better their social condition. Part of the book is a collection of empirical and historical studies of lawyers in variou...

The underlying reason for this book is a concern about the social impact of legal professions on "development" and "underdevelopment" and on the capacity of the mass of people in the countries studied (who are poor by any standards) to use law to better their social condition. Part of the book is a collection of empirical and historical studies of lawyers in variou...